Density of New Development: US Urbanized Areas with 1990 (or 1980) Population over 1,000,000: 1980-1990
Rank	Metropolitan Area	Change in Population (000)	Change in Land Area (Square Miles)	New Population/New Land Area
1	Miami	307,000	13	23,615
2	San Jose	191,000	12	15,917
3	Los Angeles	1,923,000	139	13,835
4	Denver	166,000	20	8,300
5	San Diego	644,000	79	8,152
6	Fort Lauderdale	230,000	38	6,053
7	San Francisco-Oakland	439,000	78	5,628
8	Sacramento	301,000	56	5,375
9	Riverside-San Bernardino	465,000	101	4,604
10	Dallas-Fort Worth	747,000	163	4,583
11	Washington	600,000	138	4,348
12	Phoenix	597,000	141	4,234
13	Houston	490,000	128	3,828
14	Portland	146,000	39	3,744
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul	292,000	83	3,518
16	Tampa-St. Petersburg	356,000	123	2,894
17	New York	454,000	159	2,855
18	Boston	96,000	34	2,824
19	Atlanta	544,000	232	2,345
20	Norfolk	553,000	246	2,248
21	San Antonio	184,000	84	2,190
22	Seattle	352,000	164	2,146
23	Baltimore	135,000	70	1,929
24	Milwaukee	19,000	16	1,188
25	Kansas City	177,000	173	1,023
26	Cincinnati	89,000	92	967
27	St. Louis	98,000	131	748
28	Philadelphia	110,000	149	738
29	Chicago	12,000	87	138
30	New Orleans	(38,000)	40	(950)
31	Detroit	(112,000)	75	(1,493)
32	Pittsburgh	(132,000)	65	(2,031)
33	Buffalo	(48,000)	20	(2,400)
34	Cleveland	(75,000)	7	(10,714)
	Total	10,312,000	3,195	3,228
Source: Calculated from US Census Bureau data. Calculation is change population divided by change in urbanized area (square miles).